Eye Am Watching You

So there's something off about the new guy. You want to keep him on his toes, let him know that he can't be at home just yet. You want him to know that you'll be watching him.

The wonders of nonverbal communication make saying all this without wasting your breath possible. Just perform these three simple gestures:

1. Point to yourself: "I"

2. Point to your eyes, preferably using the backward "V" Sign: "AM WATCHING"

3. Point to your target: "YOU."

Details can vary from forgoing some of the steps (most often the first one, since technically you're pointing to yourself in step 2 anyway) to using different fingers when pointing at different things, but this is how you generally tell someone that Eye Am Watching You. Though generally a threatening gesture, it is known to have at times been used in a friendly or reassuring manner as well; communicating something to the effect of "I'll be seeing you", "I've got your back" or such. In sign language, the same gesture from one side of the face (not centered) translates as "see" or "I see you."

Mike Chang does this to Coach Shannon Beiste after his girlfriend Tina mentions Beiste's name at an...inappropriate moment. While completely ignoring the fact that if he hadn't told Tina about how some of the other boys were using Beiste to, erm, cool off, she would never have used the method herself and therefore never mentioned the name...sometimes Mike's not all that bright, really.

An episode of Saturday Night Live with Zachary Quinto promoting the new Star Trek had a Star Trek fan do this to him with his fingers in the Vulcan salute.

Drebin in Metal Gear Solid 4 does a variation of this to Snake called "EYE HAVE YOU", which starts at the "eye" step, then he clenches a fist, then points to Snake.

In Office Jerk and Office Zombie, the Jerk and Zombie both do this as taunts. The Jerk does the standard version. The Zombie takes his right eye out, points at it, points at you, and then sticks the eye back in the socket.